Animal-poke



. WING` (No Model.)

ANIMAL POKE.

No. 259,624. Patented J1111e13,1882.`

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' perforated end of the half-collar D by passing coupling device castcomplete in a suitable Niven ANIMA SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersApplication tiled September 15, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS T. WING, of Cambridge, in the county of Storyand State of Iowa, have invented an Improved Animal- Poke, of which thefollowingis a specilication.

The object of my invention is to save the labor and expense of barbingfence-wire and to avoid the dangers and accidents incident to the use ofbarbedwire felices byconstruct'ing an animal-poke with hooks on its endsin such a manner that when it is placed upon an animals neck the hookswill engage plain fencewires and prevent them from spreading apart whenthe animal attempts to pass through the fence, and by forming barbsintegral with a yoke-coupling device to prick the animal wearing theyoke, and thereby cause it to desist from further efforts to breakthrough a fence, all as hereinafter fully'set forth.

Figure l of my drawings is a perspective view of a round metal baraboutt'orty-ve inches in length, that has a lateral bend and bow, I), inits middle and elbows c c at its ends.

Fig. 2isahalf-collar, D, made of round metal, to correspond in size andform with the bow b of the bar A. It has projecting` and perforated endsff.

Fig. 3 is a half-collar having an extension and hook, c, on one ot'itsends. Two uniform pieces like this may be used in place of the twodistinct pieces represented by Figs. l and 2.

Fig. i is a plan view of the blank g, from which I form my barbedcoupling devices. It is cast, cut, or stamped from plate metal by meansot' dies or in any suitable way.. It is about two and a half inches longand one and a 'half inch wide, and has a corner extension, h, at oneside, that is barbed at its end.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, showing the plate g doubled and placedupon the bar A, and to form a socket in which to fasten the a pin orbolt through the perforations t' t'.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a barbed mold.

Patent No. 259,624, dated June 13, 1882.

(No model.)

Fig. 7 is a side view of my complete device in an open position ready tobe placed upon an -animals neck.

Fig. 8 is aperspective view, illustrating the application and operationof my complete invention. IVhen thus placed upon an animal the elongatedcollar will cause the ends of the bar A to project vertically inopposite directions and the elbows or hooks c to project forward atright angles relative to the collar and animal, and when the animal putsits head be tween fence wires or rails one of the hooks or elbows c willcome in contact with 011e ot' the wires or rails, and any pressure thenmade by the animal will cause the barbed plate 7L at the opposite end ofthe collar to prod and prick the animal, and thereby restrain iti'rombreaking the fence and forcing a passage through or over the fence.

In using two uniform half-collars having extensions and hooks c, (as4shown in Fig. 3,) I simply hinge the short and perforated arm ot' oneofthe pieces to the long arm at the end ot' the bow b'ot' the otherpiece by means of one of my barbed coupling devices g h z', and then.and for the purposes set forth.

2. The improved animal-poke, composed ot' the bar A, having a centralbow, b, and hooks or elbows c at its ends, the half-collar D, and thebarbed connecting devices g h, substantially as shown and described, tooperate in the manner set forth.

LEWIS T. WING.

Witnesses:

GEO. M. llIAxwELL, J. M. BROWN.

